Effects of surfactants on preterm infant lungs
Lack of surfactant is the commonest cause of death in preterm infants. Their lungs may contain as little as 10 mg/ kg of surfactant at birth, a tenth of the amount normally found at term. Surfactants (animal origin or synthetic) can reduce mortality by 40% in infants with less than 30 weeks of gesta...
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2358-04292015000200006&lng=en&tlng=en |